Release mechanism



April 7,, 1936., A MORRHS 2,3$,953

RELEASE MECHANI SM Filed ma 21, 1955 4GEWWWM%WWNVENT WITNESS ATTORNE Wetented ihdh hiidihdiih liilorrie, l domist liliit hiiiiicetion iii, lihiih', m n m MD mum? i iillleim. lei, iiiiii liliili This invention to e reieese mecheinsm ior e trip rope employed to control term im plements drewn hr a trector, end hes tor the prime-1w ohiect the provision oi e device of this cherecter which they he eesily instelled to e trector seet end is so constructed es to permit euich connection of the trip rope to the trector seet, locetine the trip rope in convenient reech oi the operetor end which will release said rope when the letter receives a pull due to the term-- iner implement hecomine deteched iroin the trector or some other sense which might heve e tendency tohreelr the trip rope.

With these end other ohiects in view, this invention consists in certein novel ieetures oi construction, comhinetion end errengement of ports to he hereineiter more lolly descrihed end cleimed.

li or e complete understendine at my invention, reierence is to he lied to the iollowine description end eccompenyine drewine, in which i 'ieure l is e side elevetion, portly in section, illustretine e releese mechenisin installed to e trector seet end constructed'hi eccordence with my invention.

li ieure '2 is e ireednentery horizontal sectionel view illustretine the some h ieure 3 is e trensversc sectionel view telren on the line oil li leure h.

i ieure e is e deteil sectionel view illustretine the mounting oi my invention to e seet stenderd oi new construction.

theme 5 is e perspective view illustretine en ettechine plete employed in connection with the type oi seet stenderd shown in i i-elite i.

heierring in detail to the drawing, the numer hi i indicates e seet stenderd employed upon e trector end hevlne secured thereto a seat i by e holt h. The charecter it indicates e trip rope employed to control the term implement drewn hy the hector end to provide e releesahle connectlon hetween the seat standard i and the trip rope my invention is employed and is indicated eenerelly by the cheracter h. Trip ropes are 4 either manually held hy the operetor occupying the sent 2 or connected to the seat or its standard hy complicated devices hoth expensive to It is.

inenuiacture and install on a tractor, essential that the trip rope be releasably secured to the tractor or manually held and when manually held requires the use oil a person's hand, rendering it dimcult to handle or manipulate the tractor. Farm implements drawn by a tractor are connected to such tractor in such a way that should the implement strike on ob struction or place an excessive load on the tractor, the implement will be automatically released from the tracton consequently requir-' ing that the trip rope be released at the same time. My invention is cepehle oi economical menuiecture end instelletion end will releese the trip rope when the letter is subjected to e severe pull end when connecting the trip rope to the trector will plece seid trip rope within cone venient reech oi the operetor. The present invention consists oi e housing t hevine" e here l to receive e pin it provided adjacent one end with e eroove ii to he eneeeed by espring-pressed letch memher iii slidehly is mounted in en odset tuhnler portion it torming en integrel pert oi the housing Pivoted to the pin t is e clevis or siiniler connecting element ill to which the trip rope is secured. The housing it forms a pert oi en ettechine plete Mi, end the letter is epertured to receive bolt ii, thereby emcie'ntly connecting my invention to the seat standard it in close proximity to the seed; ii. To attach the trip rope to the seet stenderd, it is only necessery to shove the pingo t into the housine until the letch member it engages the eroove d. The letch member enclosing in the eroove oi the pin it will meinteinthe trip rope connected to the trector stander-d ior normal operetion. However, should the trip rope receive an excessive pull or ierlt, the pin it will free itseli from the letch member it. The odset iii hes oppositely erreneed slots iii through which ertends e pin ill cerried hy the latch member it ior limitine the sliding moveso ment thereof.

in some instances seat stenderds ore of chemnel formation, es shown et ill, with the seat ii secured thereto by e hoit ti. 'li'o edept the plate it to the standard ii on euniliery plate it has provided, the letter hevine en opening til to receive the bolt ii. The euxlliary plate overlies the channel oi the stenderd ii and forms e hearing surface tor the ettechine plate iii to eneeee, the letter receiving the holt ii. .ll'he at-" 40 tachine plate it is capable of pivotal movement 7 which will permit the trip rope to be actuated here either side of the seat i by the operetor.

Having described the invention, it claim:

A release mechanism comprising a housing to having a bore, a spring-pressed slidable latch member carried by said housing end entering the bore and arranged at right angles to the latter, a pin having a grooveend a tapered end inserteble in the bore to permit the latch memso her to ridepest-said end and engage the groove for releasably securing the pin to the housing, a connecting-element pivoted to the pin and having a trip rope secured thereto, a plate formed on said housing and projecting beyond the latter and apertured to receive a, seat securing bolt oi'a tractor.

m' E. MORRIS. 

